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The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest is extending the comment period for the proposed Forest Plan Management Direction for recreational sport shooting activities on National Forest System lands in Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer and Park counties. Comments will continue to be accepted until Sept. 9, to provide additional time for review and [...][...]

Editor: When debating the Northern Integrated Supply Project, where is the discussion about innovating new technologies and habits by our population and industry? Instead we are willing to take a different radical measure, potentially killing a river, out of laziness and lack of motivation to learn new habits. This is pathetic, and it reflects a [...][...]

Storm Mountain Road (Forest Service Road 128), also referred to as Cedar Park Road, received damage from the September 2013 flood. Emergency repairs were made to allow access to residents in the area, but more permanent repairs are needed beginning as soon as Aug. 3. The Forest Service is coordinating with Larimer County and Federal [...][...]

Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes are some of the most at-risk pets entering U.S. shelters each year. Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic, with funding support from PetSmart Charities, the largest funder of animal welfare efforts in North America, is addressing the problem by introducing the “Cherish Your Chihuahua ” spay/neuter campaign. Through the “Cherish [...][...]

Wet weather had a curious effect on wheat harvests in northeastern Colorado, but don't tell the state climatologist it has been an overly wet or cool summer. “You are forgetting about the '70s, '80s and maybe the '90s,” said Nolan Doesken, noting this century perhaps has us all believing that hot and dry are standard [...][...]

Editor: The proposed Northern Integrated Supply Project would continue a trend of transforming the free-flowing Poudre River into a highly controlled ditch. Existing diversions mean that peak spring flows, vital to river health, are already much reduced compared with the past. The results? A narrower channel (higher flood potential), poorer water quality (health impacts, higher [...][...]

When Linda Stoddard of Wellington saw an obituary in the paper for a man who had died “after a long struggle with kidney disease,” she was motivated to share her story. The picture of health, looking much younger than her 63 years, Stoddard works at Colorado State University as an advisor to students planning on [...][...]

The health of Colorado's bighorn sheep population remains as precarious as the steep alpine terrain the animals inhabit, but a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado has found that inbreeding — a common hypothesis for a recent decline — likely isn't to blame. Bighorn herds tend to be small and isolated [...][...]

Larimer County's top three animal welfare organizations – Larimer Humane Society, Fort Collins Cat Rescue & Spay/Neuter Clinic, and Animal House Rescue and Grooming – will unite on Aug. 8 for their annual joint Super Adoption Event. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Poudre Pet and Feed Supply at [...][...]